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Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a time-bar objection cannot succeed where the claim's timing depends on disputed facts, so the gratuity

The High Court of Kenya confirmed it can hear claims even when the amount claimed could also go to a lower court.

The Environment and Land Court in Machakos refused to throw out a land claim, ruling that disputed ownership of the property must be decided

A Kajiado court ruled that res judicata cannot be used to kill a land suit through a preliminary objection because comparing court records r

A Nakuru court ruled that objections requiring evidence to resolve cannot be raised as preliminary objections, and dismissed the insurer-rel

The Homa Bay Environment and Land Court dismissed a preliminary objection in a land dispute, ruling such objections cannot rely on disputed

The Kapsabet Environment and Land Court refused to strike out a land suit, instead directing that it be heard together with a related case o

To get a court to freeze funds, you must prove the money still exists and is available for preservation.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed it can hear cases challenging bank charges over land, because what matters is the land dispute,

A Kenyan court struck out the County Government of Kirinyaga's land ownership suit because the same dispute had already been decided in 1991

A Vihiga court threw out a defendant's attempt to dismiss an adverse possession claim because the arguments needed evidence, not just legal

Kenya's Embu Environment and Land Court ruled that a suit dismissed for want of prosecution doesn't block a new land case.

A Kenyan High Court dismissed an attempt to strike out judicial review proceedings, ruling that factual disputes about service cannot be dec

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed that a limited grant ad litem still gives an estate's representative standing to sue, and land

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that claims of res judicata need evidence, so they cannot be raised as a preliminary objection to s

The Environment and Land Court in Kajiado dismissed a landowner's attempt to end a rival land suit early, ruling that duplicate-suit objecti

Kenya's Kajiado land court dismissed a defendant's attempt to have a land fraud suit thrown out early, confirming fraud allegations need a f

An appeal was struck out because the appellant never filed the memorandum of appeal within the time allowed, and missing that deadline kille

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled you cannot enforce a 2000 land award in 2024 — the six-year time limit for enforcement had long exp

A Kenyan court threw out a defendant's attempt to strike off a land case, ruling that arguments needing evidence cannot be raised as prelimi

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a boundary dispute suit because the Land Registrar must determine boundaries first.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that a tenant's faulty termination-notice objection needs evidence, so it cannot end a landlord's e

Kenya's Malindi Environment and Land Court ruled that fraud, collusion or mistake allegations against a consent judgment must be fully heard

A Kenyan court ruled that an underpaid county employee can sue directly, since there was no internal decision to appeal first.